Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-15 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 12:08:39AM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote: On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:28:56 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: Same behavior (I am using wdm and no xdmcp and the no listen on tcp switch). It seems like /usr/X11R6/bin/X is whats causing the trouble, running tcpdump when X startx

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-13 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 01:49:29AM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote: On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: BTW I got the following reply after I tried reporting a bug on netbase on this: [...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an interface to the resolver

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-13 Thread Steven Satelle
On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:28:56 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: Same behavior (I am using wdm and no xdmcp and the no listen on tcp switch). It seems like /usr/X11R6/bin/X is whats causing the trouble, running tcpdump when X startx shows the name lookup BTW: you know, I think we're barking up the

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-12 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 12:06:41AM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote: Ping uses the hosts file but host seems to ignore it. So if the nameserver is not reachable then ping hostname works but host hostname returns 192.168.0.1 connect: Network is unreachable Nameserver not reachable

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-12 Thread Steven Satelle
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: BTW I got the following reply after I tried reporting a bug on netbase on this: [...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an interface to the resolver library, which does not use /etc/hosts by design. The problem is that

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-12 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Steven Satelle: On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote: [...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an interface to the resolver library, which does not use /etc/hosts by design. The problem is that it seems that a few other things seem to be

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-11 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 08:33:15PM +0100, Steven Satelle wrote: On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 20:18:19 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: --- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure yet on what package to report this bug, but was wondering if anyone else experiences it too. Have a look

Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)

2004-07-11 Thread Steven Satelle
Ping uses the hosts file but host seems to ignore it. So if the nameserver is not reachable then ping hostname works but host hostname returns 192.168.0.1 connect: Network is unreachable Nameserver not reachable litshi.luna.local A record not found, try again my /etc/hosts has the following